Introduced
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To give the Department of Labor and Economic Growth the authority to increase without additional legislative authorization the recurring and initial licensure fees for plumbers. The bill would immediately increase the license fees by various amounts, from $10 for apprentices to $100 for plumbing contractors.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-5) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that allows the Department of Labor and Economic Growth to raise the license fees without further legislative approval by indexing them to the salary and compensation levels of department employees.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 59 to 47 (details)
To give the Department of Labor and Economic Growth the authority to increase without additional legislative authorization the recurring and initial licensure fees for plumbers. These future fee hikes would be indexed to the salary and compensation levels of government employees. The bill would immediately increase the license fees by various amounts, from $10 for apprentices to $100 for plumbing contractors. House bills 4844, 4846 and 4848 do the same thing with other professional licenses.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that does not authorize automatic future fee hikes indexed to bureaucrats' salaries, but instead just imposes "temporary" fee hikes through 2012 (unless the legislature extends the higher fees later on).
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 29 to 9 (details)
To increase the recurring and initial licensure fees for plumbers by various amounts, from $10 for apprentices to $100 for plumbing contractors. House bills 4844, 4846 and 4848 do the same thing with other professional licenses.
Passed in the House 58 to 48 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill, which does not authorize automatic fee hikes.
